Technology at SCU

How to access your Gmail account Mail Clients

May 25, 2017

Setting up your Gmail account in a desktop email client is easy! Just follow the steps below.

Third-party email programs such as Thunderbird, Apple Mail and Outlook are not "supported". The self-help documentation is available as a courtesy to the user community who wish to use third-party mail programs on their own.

1. Download and install the Thunderbird application from https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/. Please note that only versions 52.1 or higher will work with your SCU GMail address, so you may need to update the application if it is already installed.

2. Open Thunderbird. If asked, choose which types of messages to use Thunderbird for, and click "Set as Default".

3. When you see the following window, click “Skip this and use my existing email”.

4. Enter your name and your SCU email address. Leave the password field blank - it is not used by SCU GMail. Then click “Continue”.

5. Don’t change any of the default settings on the next page. Click “Done”.

6. Thunderbird will open a page in which you can log into your Single Sign-On account. Enter your SCU Username (e.g. bbronco) and password, and click “Login”.

Enter your SCU Network ID and password in the SCU Portal prompt. You will now be able to access your SCU Gmail in Apple Mail. If you don't immediately see your emails, click "Get mail" and wait for them to load.

2. As part of the installation process, you will be asked to sign in with your Google Account. Enter your @scu.edu email address and click Continue.

3. You will be redirected to the MySCU portal. Log in using your SCU Username and password.

4. You will be asked to grant permissions to G Suite for Microsoft Outlook. Review, and click Allow.

5. In GSSMO, click Create profile if the installation script does not take you there first. Creating a profile will allow importing data into Outlook. Depending on how much you import, this may take some time.

6. Once the import has completed, you are in sync with your SCU email. Remember to select your SCU profile when starting Outlook.

Information Services supports the use of email, calendar, and contacts on your mobile device. The instructions below will show you how to set up your Android or iOS device to access your SCU G Suite account.

BEFORE YOU SETUP YOUR DEVICE

If you've never logged into your G Suite account, do so at least once. Make sure you can access your email, calendar and contacts on a desktop computer (NOT a mobile device).

Check your contacts and calendar entries on a computer prior to setting up your mobile device. Clean out any unnecessary calendar entries. For contacts, make sure any contact you want to synchronize is in the contacts group "My Contacts". If a contact is not in the "My Contacts" group, it may not synchronize with your mobile device.

If you are using the campus WiFi network, be sure you're authenticated first. You can verify this by visiting off-campus websites with your mobile device's internet browser. Here are the instructions for connecting to the WiFi network, if needed.